Jar of Kingdom

Infobox Album
Name = Jar of Kingdom
Type = studio
Artist = Alchemist


Released = October 1993
Recorded = February 1993 at Powerhouse Studios, Sydney
Genre = Progressive metal
Death metal
Length = 44:46
Label = Lethal Records
Producer = Brett Stanton
Reviews =
Last album = "Demo '91" (1991)
This album = "Jar of Kingdom" (1993)
Next album = "Promo 94" (1994)
Misc =

"Jar of Kingdom" is the debut album by Australian progressive metal band, Alchemist. The band recorded the album after receiving a record contract in the mail from Austrian label Lethal Records and was released by that company in October 1993. During the recording of the first track "Abstraction", vocalist Adam Agius damaged his voice, thus resulting in the raw vocal sound on the rest of the album. The name "Jar of Kingdom" was inspired by a comment by television personality and entertainer Graham Kennedy during a comedy skit, in which he described a vial of pig semen as a "jar of kingdom" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJxHM4XWcSk Unreleased Alchemist DVD on You Tube] . The album was dedicated to the memory of John Munns and David Carter.

Track listing

# "Abstraction" — 4:45
# "Shell" — 4:12
# "Purple" — 4:47
# "Jar of Kingdom" — 5:59
# "Wandering and Wondering" — 3:44
# "Found" — 1:28
# "Enhancing Enigma" — 5:15
# "Whale" — 1:11
# "Brumal: a View from Pluto" — 5:40
# "Worlds within Worlds" — 7:45

Credits

Band members

* Adam Agius − vocals, guitar
* Rodney Holder − drums, (triangle on tracks 4 and 8)
* John Bray − bass guitar
* Roy Torkington − guitar, artwork, layout and design

Guest musicians

* Michelle Klemke − female vocals (tracks 2 and 6)

Production

* Mixed at Rich Music Studios, Sydney, Australia in February 1993
* Engineered by Brett "Front Bottom" Stanton
* Produced by Alchemist and Front Bottom
* Band photos by Eddie
* Cover artwork and computer graphics by Christian Ruff
* Booklet design by Michael Piesch

=Re-Release 99=Infobox Album
Name = Jar of Kingdom Re-Release 99
Type = compilation
Artist = Alchemist


Released = 1999
Recorded = September 1991 and February 1993 at Powerhouse Studios, Sydney
Genre = Progressive metal
Death metal
Length = 62:42
Label = Thrust
Producer = Brett Stanton and John Hresc
Reviews =
Last album = "Promo 99" (1999)
This album = "Jar of Kingdom Re-Release 99" (1999)
Next album = "Organasm" (2000)
Misc =In 1999, "Jar of Kingdom" was remastered and re-released by Thrust and distributed by Shock Records in Australia. The album was offered to the label by the band in order for them to be released from their contract to enable them to seek international distribution with other companies. This re-released version was a compilation of the original album together with Alchemist's demo of 1991.

Demo '91 tracks
# "Enhancing Enigma"
# "Escapism"
# "Imagination Flower"
# "Womb Syndrome"

Credits for re-release

* Adam Agius - vocals, guitar
* Rodney Holder - drums
* John Bray - bass
* Andrew Meredith - guitar (demo tracks only)
* Roy Torkington - artwork, layout and design

References